fix(relay): forward SSE frames immediately instead of lagging one frame behind

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⚠️ 提交说明 / PR Notice

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📝 变更描述 / Description

修复 OaiStreamHandler 的逐帧滞后转发：当前实现把读到的帧存进 lastStreamData，等下一帧到达才把上一帧写给下游，因此客户端在上游第 2 帧到达时才收到第 1 帧。对「先发一个短帧、随后长时间静默」的上游（仅含 role 的空 delta、整块缓冲的工具调用解析器），客户端可见首字延迟被放大整整一个上游帧间隔，且网关记录的 FirstResponseTime（第 1 帧到达时刻）与客户端实感（第 2 帧到达时刻）不一致。两级 new-api 串联部署可直接量化该偏差，详见 issue。

为什么这样改能生效：滞后的唯一目的，是让末帧可以被 handleLastResponse 特殊处理（usage 注入）。而它真正可能吞掉的只有一种形态——「有 usage 且 choices 为空」的 usage-only 帧。因此本 PR 只对该形态保留一步延迟（下一帧到达即证明它不是末帧，按序放行），其余带 choices 的帧读到即转发。首帧不再等待次帧，客户端首字节时间与上游一致（用 issue 中的 mock 上游复现：直连 ≈0s，经 new-api 从 ≈5s 恢复为 ≈0s）。

范围限定 RelayFormatOpenAI：Claude/Gemini 转换路径的末帧需交给 HandleFinalResponse 生成各自的收尾事件，保持原 lag-by-one 行为不动。

一处需要指出的行为变化：同时带 choices 与 usage 的终止帧（finish_reason/tool_calls + usage）原路径会被吞掉，本 PR 会将其交付给客户端。该帧是上游自身的合法帧，计费仍从终止帧读取 usage——差异只会多交付数据，不会少。若希望严格保持原输出形态，也可以把这一形态一并扣住，请维护者示下。

🚀 变更类型 / Type of change

• 🐛 Bug 修复 (Bug fix)
• ✨ 新功能 (New feature)
• ⚡ 性能优化 / 重构 (Refactor)
• 📝 文档更新 (Documentation)

🔗 关联任务 / Related Issue

• Closes OaiStreamHandler 逐帧滞后转发,两级 new-api 串联时首字延迟被放大到「上游帧间隔」量级 #7005

✅ 提交前检查项 / Checklist

• 人工确认: 我已亲自整理并撰写此描述，没有直接粘贴未经处理的 AI 输出。
• 非重复提交: 我已搜索现有的 Issues 与 PRs，确认不是重复提交。
• Bug fix 说明: 已关联对应 Issue OaiStreamHandler 逐帧滞后转发,两级 new-api 串联时首字延迟被放大到「上游帧间隔」量级 #7005。
• 变更理解: 我已理解这些更改的工作原理及可能影响。
• 范围聚焦: 仅改动 relay/channel/openai/ 下 3 个文件，未包含无关改动。
• 本地验证: 基于 main@8f6961c67 全量构建通过、gofmt 无差异，包内测试全部通过（见下）。
• 安全合规: 代码中无敏感凭据，符合项目代码规范。

📸 运行证明 / Proof of Work

$ go test ./relay/channel/openai/ -v -run "DirectForward|CollectStreamFunctionCallNames"
--- PASS: TestOaiStreamHandlerDirectForwardFrameDelivery (0.00s)
    （8 个子用例：逐帧直通、usage-only 按需吞/留、合成 usage、
      中途 usage 按序放行、choices+usage 终止帧交付且计费正确）
--- PASS: TestOaiStreamHandlerDirectForwardDoesNotWaitForNextFrame (0.01s)
--- PASS: TestCollectStreamFunctionCallNamesDedupesSameIndex (0.00s)   <- 上游既有测试，确认未破坏工具计价
PASS
ok  	github.com/QuantumNous/new-api/relay/channel/openai	1.044s

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • OpenAI streaming responses are now forwarded immediately, reducing unnecessary delays.
  • Usage-only frames are handled correctly at the end of streams.
  • Improved billing and usage reporting across chat and legacy completion formats.
  • Preserved upstream extension fields and terminal tool-call frames during streaming.
  • Added safeguards for malformed or non-billable usage data.

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Walkthrough

OpenAI-format streaming now forwards frames immediately. Usage-only frames remain deferred for terminal-response handling. The relay preserves delayed forwarding for converted formats and adds coverage for ordering, usage detection, billing, extension fields, and timing.

Changes

OpenAI streaming relay

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Usage-only frame detection relay/channel/openai/helper.go	processTokenData returns a hold decision. It detects usage-only Chat Completions and Completions frames and reports parsing errors.
Direct OpenAI forwarding relay/channel/openai/relay-openai.go	OpenAI frames are forwarded immediately. Held usage frames are released when another frame arrives or when the stream ends. Other relay formats retain delayed forwarding.
Streaming validation relay/channel/openai/relay-openai_stream_test.go	Tests validate ordering, usage handling, synthetic usage, billing fallback, extension fields, terminal frames, concurrency, timing, and malformed input.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5a3ad

No actionable merge-blocking risk remains. A localized test-fixture cleanup can be followed up to prevent shared timeout settings from leaking between package tests.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Upstream
  participant OaiStreamHandler
  participant processTokenData
  participant Downstream
  Upstream->>OaiStreamHandler: Send SSE frame
  OaiStreamHandler->>processTokenData: Check usage-only status
  processTokenData-->>OaiStreamHandler: Return hold decision
  OaiStreamHandler->>Downstream: Forward non-usage frame immediately
  OaiStreamHandler->>Downstream: Release held usage frame

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Poem

A rabbit watched each stream frame fly
No hidden pause, no lag nearby
Usage waits when choices cease
Then terminal bytes hop in peace
Tests count every hop just right

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 41.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 3 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation satisfies issue #7005 by forwarding non-terminal OpenAI frames immediately, delaying only usage-only frames, preserving usage and billing handling, and adding coverage for the requi…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to OpenAI streaming relay logic, usage-frame handling, and related tests. The existing lagged behavior for non-OpenAI relay formats remains unchanged.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: forwarding OpenAI SSE frames immediately instead of buffering them one frame behind.

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Explanation

The implementation satisfies issue #7005 by forwarding non-terminal OpenAI frames immediately, delaying only usage-only frames, preserving usage and billing handling, and adding coverage for the required streaming cases.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

relay/channel/openai/relay-openai_stream_test.go (1)

22-27: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Isolate StreamingTimeout in the test fixture.

init changes constant.StreamingTimeout for every test in this package when its initial value is zero. It does not restore the prior value.

Set and restore this setting in setupOaiStreamTest with t.Cleanup. Set ForceFormat and ThinkingToContent explicitly in that fixture.

As per coding guidelines, “Initialize database, request context, user group, settings, and cache state explicitly in test fixtures.”

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In `@relay/channel/openai/relay-openai_stream_test.go` around lines 22 - 27, Move
the StreamingTimeout setup out of init and into setupOaiStreamTest, capturing
the prior value and restoring it with t.Cleanup. In the same fixture, explicitly
initialize ForceFormat and ThinkingToContent, while preserving the existing Gin
test-mode initialization.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@relay/channel/openai/relay-openai_stream_test.go`:
- Around line 22-27: Move the StreamingTimeout setup out of init and into
setupOaiStreamTest, capturing the prior value and restoring it with t.Cleanup.
In the same fixture, explicitly initialize ForceFormat and ThinkingToContent,
while preserving the existing Gin test-mode initialization.

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